Dmitri Hvorostovsky will perform on Sunday at the closing of the international music contest of young singers "New wave" in Sochi, said organizers.

This year the competition, which in previous years was held in Jurmala, the first time held in Sochi from 2 to eleven October on the North pier of the seaport.

in the final of the competition involved fifteen artists from 12 countries - Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Ukraine, Croatia, Switzerland. Russian Federation was represented by Oleg Sidorov, Kamila Izmailova, Tatiana Shamanina.

"at the closing ceremony, will perform Dmitri Hvorostovsky ", - has told on a press-conferences the head of the jury of the competition, the composer Igor Krutoy.

the jury under the leadership of co-founder of the contest, the producer and composer Igor Krutoy entered popular Russian and foreign artists and musicians - Philip Kirkorov, Igor Nikolaev, Valery, Leonid Agutin, Laima Vaikule, K. Meladze, Ani Lorak, Angelica Varum.

Musical contest "New wave" moved to Sochi from Latvia Jurmala, where he has been held since its inception. Transfer to the international music festival organizers pushed that the Latvian authorities in July 2014 for political reasons was not allowed to enter the area of the country to several Russian artists: Joseph Kobzon, Valerie and Oleg Gazmanov. The main cities of candidates to host the festival in addition to Sochi were Kaliningrad and Yalta. The organizers eventually stopped at the Olympic capital.

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